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Category Archives: Insurance
FSA2013: Consent or no consent?
This is a short excerpt from my blog post yesterday on the Financial Services Act 2013: “I am saying this because the policy owner have to understand when consent is needed from the new trustee and when consent is not … Continue reading
Posted in Insurance, Money matters, Rockwills & Estate planning
Tagged financial services act 2013, FSA, FSA 2013, FSA2013, Insurance, Insurance Act 1996, Rockwills & Estate planning, trust, trustee
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An alarmist approach on the Financial Services Act 2013
Three months down the road, the situation hasn’t changed much. I was told me a few days ago that the life insurance companies in Malaysia are still taking it easy with regards to the Financial Services Act 2013 which had … Continue reading
Trustee for life insurance policies
I see that the Financial Services Act 2013 is starting to garnish comments from players in the financial services industry. This one below is from Rockwills Corporation, the leading company in estate planning. What Saw Leong Aun is stating in … Continue reading
Posted in Insurance, Money matters, Rockwills & Estate planning
Tagged financial services act 2013, FSA 2013, Insurance, Insurance Act 1996, Rockwills & Estate planning, Rockwills & Inheritance, trust, trustee
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Potential landmine in Financial Services Act 2013?
I’m just a lay person where insurance is concerned but I’d like to share here whatever little that I know about the newly introduced Financial Services Act 2013 vis-a-vis the insurance industry. If I am wrong, I am willing to … Continue reading
Financial Services Act 2013
This is the new Financial Services Act 2013 that I was talking about earlier which came into effect on 30 June 2013. It has implications for the finance industry in Malaysia as a whole as the new FSA2013 replaces several … Continue reading
Posted in General, Insurance, Money matters
Tagged bank, Bank Negara, exchange control, financial, financial services act, financial services act 2013, FSA, FSA2013, Insurance, services
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Not quite understandable
Why can’t companies write a friendlier note that’s not so couched in officious words to the point that I’ve to read and re-read it several times in order to understand what they’re trying to say? For example, this letter from … Continue reading
Posted in General, Insurance, Money matters
Tagged financial services act, Insurance, nomination, trustee
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Legislation affecting financial planning
What are the legislation in Malaysia that will affect financial planners most or at the very least, should be good for them to know or be aware of? In my opinion, below are the few pertinent ones which I present … Continue reading
Posted in General, Insurance, Investment, Money matters, Mutual Fund, Rockwills & Estate planning, Unit Trust
Tagged bankruptcy, distribution, employees provident fund, EPF, guardianship, infants, Insurance, power of attorney, Rockwills & Estate planning, Rockwills & Inheritance, trustee, unclaimed moneys, will
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Malaysian insurance laws under sections 166 and 167
Well, I learnt something useful today. I’m not an insurance person, so I’ve always found it very confusing when trying to deal with the types of nominations under the important sections 166 and 167 of the Malaysian Insurance Act 1996. … Continue reading
Posted in Insurance, Rockwills & Estate planning, Rockwills & Inheritance
Tagged administrator, executor, Insurance, Malaysia, Rockwills, section 166, section 167, trust, trustee, will
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Capital protected
This appeared today in The Malaysian Insider regarding a move by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to ban the use of financial products with misunderstood names. Hopefully, Bank Negara Malaysia can take the cue and see how the use of … Continue reading
Posted in Insurance, Investment, Mutual Fund, Unit Trust
Tagged capital guaranteed, capital protected, Insurance, investment protected, investment-linked, Mutual Fund, Singapore, Unit Trust
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Malaysians now more averse to higher risk investment products
Here is an interesting story that appeared in today’s issue of The Business Times in Singapore. It’s saying that owing to the global financial crisis Malaysians appear to be the most averse among Asians to higher risk investment products. They … Continue reading
Posted in Insurance, Investment, Mutual Fund, Unit Trust, economy
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